Hostname: page-component-7b9c58cd5d-dkgms Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-03-14T23:08:28.521Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Antifungal efficacy of botanicals against major postharvest pathogens of Kinnow mandarin and their use to maintain postharvest quality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2014

Md. Jameel Jhalegar ,
Ram Roshan Sharma  and
Dinesh Singh
Md. Jameel Jhalegar
Affiliation:
Div. Postharvest Technol., Indian. Agric. Res. Inst., New Delhi-110 012, India. [email protected]
Ram Roshan Sharma*
Affiliation:
Div. Postharvest Technol., Indian. Agric. Res. Inst., New Delhi-110 012, India. [email protected]
Dinesh Singh
Affiliation:
Div. Plant Pathol., Indian Agric. Res. Inst., New Delhi-110 012, India
*
* Correspondence and reprints
Get access

Abstract

Introduction. Kinnow is an important citrus crop grown in India, which suffers from several postharvest diseases during storage. Hence, an attempt was made to combat such diseases with the botanicals Aloe vera, Eucalyptus and Ocimum on Kinnow mandarin to prolong its availability for a longer time. Materials and methods. For this, in vitro and in vivo studies were conducted. The poisoned food technique was used for in vitro studies, and, for in vivo studies, Kinnow fruit were pre-inoculated with pathogens (Penicillium digitatum and P. italicum), treated with different botanicals, then stored at (5 ± 1) °C temperature and 85–90% RH. Results and discussion. Our results indicated that all botanicals inhibited the growth (colony diameter) of both pathogens over untreated PDA plates, but the inhibition was the strongest by Aloe vera extracts. Similarly, under in vivo conditions, all botanicals influenced the decay incidence, decay loss, lesion diameter, respiration rate, ethylene evolution and physiological loss in weight, but Aloe vera was the most effective. All the botanicals were able to retain postharvest quality of Kinnow fruits without any adverse effect on quality parameters such as TSS, TA and ascorbic acid. Under in vivo conditions, the incidence of Penicillium italicum was higher than P. digitatum; however, it was the reverse under in vitro conditions. Conclusion. Thus, it is evident from our studies that botanicals have the potential to control green and blue mold without causing any injury or harmful effects on Kinnow mandarin; botanicals can be recommended as a safe method for extending its storage life while maintaining fruit quality at the same time.

Keywords

IndiaCitrusmandarinsfruitspostharvest controlbiological controlrespiration ratekeeping qualityIndeCitrusmandarinefruitslutte après récoltelutte biologiquetaux de respirationaptitude à la conservationIndiaCitrusmandarinafrutascontrol de plagas (postcosecha)control biológicotasa de respiraciónaptitud para la conservación
Type
Research Article
Information
Fruits , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , May 2014 , pp. 223 - 237
Copyright
© 2014 Cirad/EDP Sciences

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Saks, Y., Barkai–Golan, R., Aloe vera gel activity against plant pathogenic fungi, Postharvest Biol. Technol. 6 (1995) 159–165. CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Janisiewicz, W.J., Korsten, L., Biological control of postharvest diseases of fruits, Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 40 (2002) 411–441.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bautista-Banos, S., Hernandez-Lopez, M., Bosquez-Molina, E., Wilson, C.L., Effects of chitosan and plant extracts on growth of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, anthracnose levels and quality of papaya fruit, Crop Prot. 22 (2003) 1087–1092.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Eckert J.W., Brown G.E., Postharvest citrus disease and their control, in: Fresh citrus fruits, AVI publ. Co., Westport, 1986, pp. 315–360.
Nene Y.L., Thapliyal P.N., Fungicides in plant disease control, 3rd ed., Oxford & IBH Publ. Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India, 1997, 531 p.
Sharma, R.N., Gaur, R.B., Potentiality of botanicals against post-harvest fruit decay in Kinnow caused by Penicillium digitatum, Indian J. Plant Prot. 39 (2) (2011) 136–140.Google Scholar
Sivakumar, D., Hewarathgamagae, N.K., Wijeratnam, R.S.W., Wijesundera, R.L.C., Effect of ammonium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate on anthracnose of papaya, Phytoparasitica 30 (2002) 1–7.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jhalegar, M.J., Sharma, R.R., Pal, R.K., Rana, V., Effect of postharvest treatments with polyamines on physiological and biochemical attributes of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) cv. Allison, Fruits 67 (2012) 13–22.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Apak, R., Guclu, K., Ozyurek, M., Karademir, S.E., Novel total antioxidant capacity index for dietary polyphenols and vitamins C and E using their cupric ion reducing capability in the presence of neocuprine: The CUPRAC method, J. Agric. Food Chem. 52 (2004) 7970–7981.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
[10] Panse V.G., Sukhatme P.V., Statistical methods for agricultural workers, ICAR, New Delhi, India, 1984, pp. 288–290.
Brown G.E., Eckert J.W., Penicillium decays, in: Timmer L.W., Gamsey S.M., Graham J.H. (Eds.), Compendium of citrus diseases, 2nd ed., APS, St Paul, MN, U.S.A., 2000, pp. 41–42.
Sataraddi, A.R., Prashanth, A., Virupaksha Prabhu, H., Jamadar, M.M., Aski, S., Role of bio-agents and botanicals in the management of anthracnose of pomegranate, Acta Hortic. 890 (2011) 381–388.Google Scholar
Tasiwal, V., Benagi, I., Ashodar, Y., Hegde, B., Kamanna, C., Ramachandranaik, K., In vitro evaluation of botanicals, bioagents and fungicides against anthracnose of papaya caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc, Karnataka J. Agric. Sci. 22 (4) (2009) 803–806.Google Scholar
Patel, K.D., Joshi, K.R., Antagonistic effect of some bioagents in vitro against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Penz. & Sacc., the causal agent of leaf spot of turmeric, J. Mycol. Plant Pathol. 31 (2001) 126–129.Google Scholar
Martínez-Romero, D., Alburquerque, N., Valverde, J.M., Guillén, F., Castillo, S., Valero, D., Serrano, M., Postharvest sweet cherry quality and safety maintenance by Aloe vera treatment: a new edible coating, Postharvest Biol. Technol. 39 (2006) 93–100.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Marpudi, S.L., Abirami, L.S.S., Pushkala, R., Srividya, N., Enhancement of storage life and quality maintenance of papaya fruit using Aloe vera based antimicrobial coating, Indian J. Biotechnol. 10 (2011) 83–89.Google Scholar
Ergun, M., Satici, F., Use of Aloe vera gel as biopreservative for ‘Granny Smith’ and ‘Red Chief’ apples, J. Anim. Plant Sci. 22 (2) (2012) 363–368.Google Scholar
Mosch, J., Mende, A., Zeller, W., Rieck, M., Ellrich, W., Plant extracts with a resistance induction effect against fire blight (Erwinia amylovora), Acta Hortic. 338 (1993) 389–394.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Valverde, J.M., Valero, D., Martínez-Romero, D., Guillén, F., Castillo, S., Serrano, M.A., Novel edible coating based on Aloe vera gel to maintain table grape quality and safety, J. Agric. Food Chem. 53 (20) (2005) 7807–7813.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Castillo, S., Navarro, D., Zapata, P.J., Guillén, F., Valero, D., Serrano, M., Martínez-Romero, D., Antifungal efficacy of Aloe vera in vitro and its use as a preharvest to maintain postharvest table grape quality, Postharvest Biol. Technol. 57 (2010) 183–188.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Serrano, M., Valverde, J.M., Guillén, F., Castillo, S., Martínez-Romero, D., Valero, D., Use of Aloe vera gel coating preserves the functional properties of table grapes, J. Agric. Food Chem. 54 (2006) 3882–3886.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Xu, W.T., Huang, K.L., Guo, F., Qu, W., Yang, J.J., Liang, Z.H., Luo, Y.B., Postharvest grapefruit seed extract and chitosan treatment of table grapes to control Botrytis cinerea, Postharvest Biol. Technol. 46 (2007) 86–94.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Obagwa, J., Korsten, L., Control of citrus green and blue molds with garlic extracts, Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 109 (2003) 221–225.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ahmadian, S., Fakhree, M.A., Henna (Lawsonia inermis) might be used to prevent mycotic infection, Med. Hypotheses 73 (2009) 629–630.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rastogi R.P., Mehrotra B.N., Compendium of Indian medicinal plants, Vol. 1–4, C.D.R.I. Lucknow Publ. Inf. Dir., 1993 and 1995, New Delhi, India.